heroominowhichhehreewereusheredwasheconroller’ssudy

“hisfordshipwillbedowninamomen”hegammabulerlefhemohemselves

helmholzughedaloud

“i’smorelikeacaffeinesoluionparyhanarial，”hesaid，andlehimselffallinohemosluxuriousofhepneumaicarmchairs“cheerup，bernard，”headded，cachingsighofhisfriend’sgreenunhappyfacebubernardwouldnobecheered；wihouanswering，wihouevenlookingahelmholz，hewenandsadownonhemosuncomforablechairinheroom，carefullychoseninheobscurehopeofsomehowdeprecainghewrahofhehigherpowers

hesavagemeanwhilewanderedreslesslyroundheroom，peeringwihavaguesuperficialinquisiivenessahebooksinheshelves，ahesoundrackrollsandreadingmachinebobbinsinheirnumberedpigeonholesonheableunderhewindowyamassivevolumeboundinlimpbckleahersurrogae，andsampedwihrgegolden’shepickediupandopenedimylifeandwork，byourfordhebookhadbeenpublishedaderoibyhesocieyforhepropagaionoffordianknowledgeidlyheurnedhepages，readasenencehere，aparagraphhere，andhadjuscomeoheconclusionhahebookdidn’inereshim，whenhedooropened，andheresidenworldconrollerforweserneuropewalkedbrisklyinoheroom

musaphamondshookhandswihallhreeofhem；buiwasohesavagehaheaddressedhimself“soyoudon’muchlikecivilizaion，mrsavage，”hesaid

hesavagelookedahimhehadbeenpreparedolie，obluser，oremainsullenlyunresponsive；bu，reassuredbyhegoodhumouredinelligenceofheconroller’sface，hedecidedoellheruh，sraighforwardly“no”heshookhishead

bernardsaredandlookedhorrifiedwhawouldheconrollerhink？obebelledashefriendofamanwhosaidhahedidn’likecivilizaion–saidiopenlyand，ofallpeople，oheconroller–iwaserrible“bu，john，”hebeganalookfrommusaphamondreducedhimoanabjecsilence

“ofcourse，”hesavagewenonoadmi，“herearesomeverynicehingsallhamusicinheair，forinsance…”

“someimesahousandwanglinginsrumenswillhumaboumyearsandsomeimesvoices”

hesavage’sfaceliupwihasuddenpleasure“haveyoureadioo？”heasked“ihoughnobodyknewabouhabookhere，inengnd”

“almosnobodyi’moneofheveryfewi’sprohibied，youseebuasimakehewshere，icanalsobreakhemwihimpuniy，mrmarx，”headded，urningobernard“whichi’mafraidyoucan’do”

bernardsankinoayemorehopelessmisery

“buwhyisiprohibied？”askedhesavageinheexciemenofmeeingamanwhohadreadshakespearehehadmomenarilyforgoeneveryhingelse

heconrollershruggedhisshoulders“becausei’sold；ha’shechiefreasonwehaven’anyuseforoldhingshere”

“evenwhenhey’rebeauiful？”

“paricurlywhenhey’rebeauifulbeauy’saracive，andwedon’wanpeopleobearacedbyoldhingswewanhemolikehenewones”

“buhenewonesaresosupidandhorriblehosepys，wherehere’snohingbuhelicopersflyingabouandyoufeelhepeoplekissing”hemadeagrimace“goasandmonkeys！”onlyinohello’swordcouldhefindanadequaevehicleforhisconempandhared

“niceameanimals，anyhow，”heconrollermurmuredparenheically

“whydon’youlehemseeohelloinsead？”

“i’veoldyou；i’soldbesides，heycouldn’undersandi”

yes，hawasrueherememberedhowhelmholzhadughedaromeoandjulie“wellhen，”hesaid，aferapause，“somehingnewha’slikeohello，andhaheycouldundersand”

“ha’swhawe’veallbeenwaningowrie，”saidhelmholz，breakingalongsilence

“andi’swhayouneverwillwrie，”saidheconroller“because，ifiwerereallylikeohellonobodycouldundersandi，howevernewimighbeandifwerenew，icouldn’possiblybelikeohello”

“whyno？”

“yes，whyno？”helmholzrepeaedheoowasforgeingheunpleasanrealiiesofhesiuaiongreenwihanxieyandapprehension，onlybernardrememberedhem；heohersignoredhim“whyno？”

“becauseourworldisnohesameasohello’sworldyoucan’makeflivverswihouseel–andyoucan’makeragedieswihousocialinsabiliyheworld’ssablenowpeoplearehappy；heygewhaheywan，andheyneverwanwhaheycan’gehey’rewelloff；hey’resafe；hey’reneverill；hey’renoafraidofdeah；hey’reblissfullyignoranofpassionandoldage；hey’repguedwihnomohersorfahers；hey’vegonowives，orchildren，orloversofeelsronglyabou；hey’resocondiionedhaheypracicallycan’helpbehavingasheyoughobehaveandifanyhingshouldgowrong，here’ssomawhichyougoandchuckouofhewindowinhenameoflibery，mrsavagelibery！”heughed“expecingdelasoknowwhaliberyis！andnowexpecinghemoundersandohello！mygoodboy！”

hesavagewassilenforalile“allhesame，”heinsisedobsinaely，“ohello’sgood，ohello’sbeerhanhosefeelies”

“ofcourseiis，”heconrolleragreed“buha’shepricewehaveopayforsabiliyyou’vegoochoosebeweenhappinessandwhapeopleusedocallhigharwe’vesacrificedhehigharwehavehefeeliesandhescenorganinsead”

“buheydon’meananyhing”

“heymeanhemselves；heymeanaloofagreeablesensaionsoheaudience”

“buhey’re…hey’reoldbyanidio”

heconrollerughed“you’renobeingverypolieoyourfriend，mrwasononeofourmosdisinguishedemoionalengineers…”

“buhe’srigh，”saidhelmholzgloomily“becauseiisidioicwriingwhenhere’snohingosay…”

“preciselybuharequirehemosenormousingenuiyyou’remakingfiivversouofheabsolueminimumofseel–worksofarouofpracicallynohingbupuresensaion”

hesavageshookhishead“iallseemsomequiehorrible”

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